Danoje Festival

Thousands of people come Gangneung for this early summer festival, Danoje to see Korean traditional rituals and events close to every year.

Danoje is one of the biggest festivals in Korea, which is organized by the local government and residents together and participants are from all around the world.

The festival features Korean traditional ceremonies, parades, musical performances, martial arts performances and other entertainments around Namdaecheon. A variety of food and craft vendors also is on hand.Mostly performances are free.

Ssireum, Korean wrestling also was highlighted at the festival. Mongol wrestling was demonstrated as well. ​We could see how different two wrestling games were.

In the festival ‘Mukbang’ can’t be missed. ​From Gangneung’s traditional food such to global food, Danoje is as much as a food festival.

Visitors could taste the Gangneung’s rice cake, surichuitteok ​and changpo makgeolli free as much as they wanted.